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"A cemetery may be considered as abandoned when all or practically all of the bodies have been Removed therefrom and no bodies have been buried therein for a great many years, and the cemetery has been so long neglected as entirely to lose its identity as such, and is no longer known, recognized and respected by the public as a cemetery. 1953 OAG 2978."

Sunday, August 20, 2023

Recapping the August 2023 Scioto Post videos.: Floral Hills Memory Gardens and the Huntington Township Trustees assuming responsibility of the cemetery. David Robertson discussing the work that has been done at Floral Hills Memory Gardens by volunteers for 12 years.

Recapping the August, 2023 "Scioto Post Videos" about the Floral Hills Memory Gardens, Huntington Township Trustees, David Robertson, Jeff Marks, Ross County Prosecutor.: 

"The Scioto Post" -  Floral Hills Memory Gardens videos - August 2023:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DV1jYp0W6w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ2d-LgqVJE

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 2023 08 14 Floral Hills Memory Gardens Discussion

 - 8:09 minutes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw3HMkb2x7k 

"Aug 14, 2023 - Ross County Prosecutor Jeff Marks explains the discussion between the Huntington Township Trustees and Ross County Commissioners on the Floral Hills Memory Gardens situation. "

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David Robertson video # 1 - Jul 26, 2023 2023-07-24

- 5:29 minutes

 David Robertson - No. 1, champion of Floral Hills Memory Garden, explains the issues with the cemetery on US 23 South to Kevin Coleman, after speaking to the Ross County Commissioners July 24th, 2023.

David Robertson, "But, you also got to understand its been 12 years, I think its been long enough. I don't know how people can sleep at night with the condition of Floral Hills."  

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plUxHaKeCeU&t=46s

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David Robertson - No. 2 - Plat Maps of Floral Hills

- 1:09 minutes 

20232023-07-24 David Robertson shows plat of Floral Hills Memory Garden David Robertson, champion of Floral Hills Memory Garden. 

Shows the 1960s plat of the cemetery on US 23 South to Kevin Coleman, after speaking to the Ross County Commissioners July 24th, 2023. 

 David Robertson shows two 1960s era plat maps of the Floral Hills Memory Gardens that he had especially enlarged.  David Robertson submitted them to the Ross County Recorder's Office so they would be officially filed with them. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7dSHJEpNqE&t=1s

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Ohio Attorney General Opinion 66 - 1966 - October 3, 1966.:
Chapter 517 for cemeteries of the Ohio Revised Code